#OscarsSoWhite its best friend is black — based kortney ✊ (@fakerapper) January 15, 2015

#OscarsSoWhite Paula Deen will be the official Chef at the next Oscar Ceremony — Rita A (@ritaag) January 15, 2015

#OscarsSoWhite it has no idea why this hashtag is necessary. — April (@ReignOfApril) January 15, 2015

All this fuss about no black nominees on #Oscars2015 but what about the yellow people? #OscarsSoWhite#OscarSnubspic.twitter.com/1jaBuGVO4T— Burt Macklin (@Takingbackcider) January 15, 2015

Apparently there was not a single good performance by a person of color this year #OscarsSoWhite— Manvir Singh (@manwizzle) January 15, 2015

A few pointed out that Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs, who announced the nominations, is actually black:

#OscarsSoWhite but they're not #racist because their president is black. — Reed Adair Bobroff (@Bobroffing) January 15, 2015

Isaacs was forced to respond to the nominations' lack of diversity shortly after they were announced.

When Vulture asked Isaacs whether the organization has a problem recognizing diversity, she replied, "Not at all. Not at all."

Actor Chris Pine and Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs announced nominees before she was forced to answer questions about diversity. Kevin Winter/Getty Images

While last year's Oscars were more diverse than those of past years ("12 Years A Slave" won best picture and Lupita Nyong'o won best supporting actress), many found this year's lack of diversity especially troubling because there was a film worthy of recognition: "Selma," about Martin Luther King Jr.'s monumental civil-rights march in Selma, Alabama.

Many expected "Selma" director Ava DuVernay would make history this year as the first black woman to be nominated for best director. She was snubbed. The film did earn a best-picture nomination, but "Selma" breakout star David Oyelowo also failed to receive a best-actor nod.

Well, it's a terrific motion picture, and that we can never and should not take away from it, the fact that it is a terrific motion picture," she said. "There are a lot of terrific motion pictures, it's a very competitive time, and there's a lot of great work that has been done. I am very happy that "Selma" is included in our eight terrific motion-picture [nominations].

There's clearly a diversity and gender divide within the academy. According to one report, Oscar voters are nearly 94% white and 77% male.